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  Shopping in Mumbai, Bombay Shopping Guide of Mumbai City
Most of the Handicrafts emporia and bazaars are located in the downtown area.
Chor Bazaar is antique-hunter's delight, while nearby Zaveri Bazaar is famous for its diamond, gold and silver jewellery.
Chor Bazaar is commonly known as "Thieves' Market, a name coined by the British but perhaps mistakenly.
mumbai.indiantravelportal.com /shopping-in-mumbai.html   (1182 words)

  
 Chor bazaar Mumbai, Chor bazaar India,Chor bazaar tour, Chor bazaar picture, Chor bazaar tourist attraction,Chor bazaar ...
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Next to which is Gujjar Street where a heap of knick-knack and artifacts lie for anyone's bargaining.
This is Chor Bazaar, where you can haggle and get a Gucci look-alike at an Indian price.
www.tourtravelworld.com /hot_spots/mumbai/chor-bazaar   (233 words)

  
  Tourism of India - Fun Stuff
Also on the flanks of Mohammed Ali Road, Chor Bazaar (Thieves' Bazaar) is full of allegedly stolen goods from broken ships to the silver of now-broken families.
Chor Bazaar pales besides the other great market of central Mumbai, known as sona-chandi (gold and silver) or Zaveri bazaar, and the only market that is divided along Hindu-Muslim lines.
The finest structures are the Iranian mosque in Dongri, built by refugees from a murderous regime in Iran, and Raudat Tahera in Bohra Bazaar, built two decades ago in the Fatimad style of Egypt.
www.tourismofindia.com /fs/whatiloveaboutmumbai.htm   (611 words)

  
 Travel in Mumbai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The main areas are Zaveri Bazaar (jewellery), Mangaldas Market (cloth), Dhabu St (leather goods) and Chor Bazaar (Mumbai's `thieves' market').
You can pick up anything at Chor Bazaar from car parts to Victorian porcelain - the traditional joke is that it was probably stolen from you in the first place.
Mutton St in Chor Bazaar specialises in antiques, ingenious reproductions and miscellaneous junk.
www.netguruindia.com /travel/mum   (1875 words)

  
 Delhi Restaurants and Dining Destinations on Concierge.com
In deference to the restaurant's northwest frontier theme, there is no cutlery or finger bowls: Diners are expected to tear chicken apart with their bare hands, with only an apron for protection.
For a truly northern Indian experience, head for Chor Bizarre, on the edge of Old Delhi (other branches have opened in the newly fashionable suburb of Noida and in London's Mayfair).
Chor Bazaar means "thieves market," and the chef has indeed plundered dishes from across India.
www.concierge.com /destination/delhi/eating   (644 words)

  
 Chai Bazaar  - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Chai Bazaar invites you to experience the flavours, aroma, fragrance and taste of authentic Indian Tea.This Indian Tea Bar, London's First, revokes a a true Indian bazaar setting with traditional kettles, samovars, urns and images symbolizing the tea culture in India.
Another unique innovation at Chai Bazaar, probably for the first time anywhere, is the pairing of teas with desserts both on the Chai Bazaar as well as the Chor Bizarre menu by Sanjay Guha, master tea-taster and connoisseur of Duncan MacNeill Group / Assam Company Limited, the world’s oldest commercial plantation company, established in 1839.
The interiors carry the same bazaar atmosphere that exist upstairs at Chor Bizarre with interesting old kettles and tea urns on display.
www.chaibazaarindia.com   (317 words)

  
 DNA - Speak Up - You get old things, new things and something for everybody - Daily News & Analysis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Chor Bazaar as a name is a misnomer.
Chor Bazaar features among the city's most popular tourist spots along with the Gateway of India and Hanging Gardens.
Though no one knows how the name Chor Bazaar came to be associated with the place, a theory connects it to the Friday market.
www.dnaindia.com /report.asp?NewsID=1046584   (792 words)

  
 The Hindu News Update Service
Rohit Khattar, owner of Chor Bizarre, said the festival would highlight the traditions and cuisine of the Mewar region of India.
Chor Bizarre, London's sister restaurant to Chor Bizarre in New Delhi, recreates the essence and authenticity of the original eater in India.
It captures the spirit of the 'Chor Bazaar' or 'thieves market' within its kaleidoscopic interiors and serves Indian cuisine in a unique atmosphere.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/holnus/003200511131010.htm   (204 words)

  
 Bye, bye Burma bazaar!
Call them chor bazaar, Hong Kong bazaar, or customs notified shops as they are otherwise referred to, but their survival is now under threat, now that the Chinese-made goods are going to be available over the counter at your local supermarket.
The Burma bazaars have catered to the Indian craze for phoren maal, and right from chocolates to cookie jars; from bone china to tape-recorders; from VCDs to lingerie; from quilts to umbrellas; from canopies to cigarettes; from lighters to perfumes -- ask for it and they are available here.
And you continue to be drawn to the bazaar, like a moth to a flame, despite being singed several times, because the craze for foreign goods will never die among us.
www.hinduonnet.com /businessline/2001/04/04/stories/180478jm.htm   (396 words)

  
 Restaurant News: August/Sept 1997
Apart from the play on the word bazaar - a chor bazaar means a thieve's market - it also expresses the decor which is about as far as you can get from today's current minimalist style.
Chor Bizarre is stuffed with strange antiques, Indian bric-a-brac and objets d'art.
Chor Bizarre specialises in Kashmiri and vegetarian cuisine as well as presenting a wide range of delicacies from various Indian regions.
www.dine-online.co.uk /bizarre.htm   (929 words)

  
 Grant Road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Famous places accessible from the East are Gol Deol off Duncan Road,Chor Bazaar on Mutton Street.
Contrary to popular perception, One of Mumbai's biggest red light districts, Kamathipura,(roughly translated - Labourers Village) is located on Sukhalaji Street off Falkland Road, very close to the Best Depot at Mumbai Central.
Falkland Road is also famous for JaffarBhai's Delhi Darbar, C Grade theatres like Alfred, New Roshans and a smaller Red light District.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grant_Road   (240 words)

  
 Chor Bazar again, this time at Pushta
The bazaar is likely to resume soon, although there is no fixed date,’’ says MCD Commissioner Rakesh Mehta.
The Chor Bazaar had previously been running on the main Daryaganj road from where it had been shifted due to congestion.
But after the Lashkar-e-Toiba attack at the Fort, the bazaar was once again dismantled for security reasons and since, it has been given no space to set up its makeshift roadside stalls.
cities.expressindia.com /fullstory.php?newsid=113227   (422 words)

  
 Restaurant: Chor Bizarre, Momo, Yas Spectator, The - Find Articles
There had been an Indian restaurant, the Gaylord, previously on the site and, like the Gaylord, this new one is the offshoot of an Indian establishment in Delhi.
Chor Bazaar means 'thieves' market', and the amiable managing director, Rohit Khattar, explained to me that he thought it would be fun to repeat the Delhi experience in London's best bazaar -- Mayfair - but to turn it into a pun and call it 'bizarre' instead.
Designed by Mr Khattar and his family, Chor Bizarre is a floridly surreal version of an Indian market, with Kashmiri lovers' alcoves, tables topped with glass cases containing bric-a-brac, Indian four-poster beds turned into tables, and Indian miniatures and marvellous sepia photographs of scenes from the Raj on the wall.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_199708/ai_n8766316   (925 words)

  
 Restaurant Spy - Old Delhi Festival Chor Bizarre London
Chor Bizarre, the highly acclaimed Indian restaurant set in the heart of Mayfair is set to launch an exciting and mouth-watering new food festival to tantalise the taste buds of London's diners...
Chor Bizarre - India's Restaurant, captures the spirit of the 'Chor bazaar' or 'thieves market' within its kaleidoscopic interiors and serves authentic Indian cuisine in a unique atmosphere.
A veritable Aladdin's cave of curious bric-a-brac and fascinating antiques, Chor Bizarre has collected the best-known dishes from different corners of the country, to make your gastronomic journey complete.
www.restaurantspy.com /news/prolddelhifestival.htm   (377 words)

  
 Shopping in Mumbai, India Travelog
The first market that I thronged to was the Chor Bazaar.
“ You know what chor Bazzar means” She asked me and in turn I gave her an inquisitive look to know more about it.The English translation of Chor Bazaar is thieves market.
She told me that it is believed that the original name was shor Bazaar or the Noisy Market, that aptly described the yelling and shouting of the local traders on Mutton Street while selling their second hand house hold goods.
www.indiatravelog.com /mumbai/shopping-in-mumbai.html   (599 words)

  
 Mumbai: Woman raped in taxi
A 50-year-old-woman was allegedly raped in a taxi near Chor Bazaar in south Mumbai early Tuesday.
Police in Mumbai said the accused Shyam Papa Kharwa (40) asked the victim, a vendor, to sit in the taxi at Chor Bazaar at around 0145 hours.
While the taxi was on the way to Bandra, Kharwa allegedly raped the woman.
www.rediff.com /news/2006/jan/17rape.htm   (71 words)

  
 khojhyderabad.com > Articles
First of all, it is not "chor" bazaar, but is "Jumme raath bazaar", which means, a market place which is open on Thursdays.
Pasha, who has been selling wrist watches, old clocks, and even mobile phones (for as less as Rs.700) for the last 15 years, says that she buys the wrist watches from the 'Jumma' and the 'Chor Bazaar' of Mumbai and swears that nobody in Jumme Raath Bazaar sells stolen articles.
Now you know why it is not Chor bazaar, and that it is legal, but why is it open only on Thursdays and in the early hours?!
www.khojhyderabad.com /articles/display.asp?q=100148   (1390 words)

  
 Chor Bazaar, Mumbai, India, Shopping Paradise of Vintage Camera
I had spent 2 months in Mumbai (known as Bombay in the past) of India in Mar2001.
There is a legend saying that, in the market thieves sell whatever they stole.
It was mentioned that Mutton Street in the Bazaar specialises in antiques, ingenious reproductions and miscellaneous junk.
www.eyescoffee.com /collectcamera/chorbazaar/index.php   (1228 words)

  
 departures.com | Private Obsessions of a Remarkable Collector: Paul Theroux   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
About four years ago I saw what I considered a masterpiece of its kind in the Chor Bazaar, the so-called Thieves' Market, in Bombay.
It was a reverse-glass painting of an Indian nautch girl—dancing girl—caught in a sinuous move, intentionally teasing, probably done in the mid- or late 19th century, with Chinese characters in fl brushstrokes on the wood-slatted back and set in a decaying frame.
I took the train to Iran and in the bazaar of the holy city of Meshed I found an ancient blue-glazed tile.
www.departures.com /ad/ad_0506_paultheroux.html   (2524 words)

  
 Shopping in Mumbai
A walk through its bazaars, like Chor Bazar, Mutton street and Zaveri Bazaar, and you end up buying more than you bargained for.
Chor Bazaar has a phenomenal collection of antiques, jewellery, wooden articles, leatherware and general bric-a brac.
Crawford Market, famous for flowers, fruits, meat and fish, is certainly a place worth capturing on your camera; its sheer colour and variety will not fit into one screen.
mumbai.mtnl.net.in /mumbaitourism/shopping.html   (405 words)

  
 Chor Bizarre
Every city in India has its own special 'Chor Bazaar' which translates as 'thieves market'.
All kinds of wares find their way here (with or without the consent of the owners).
From furniture to fabrics, pearls to periodicals, crystal to cutlery...With antique tables as counters for coal irons and grandfather clocks jostling with stereos, colourful street food vendors, bangle sellers and old jewellery sharing space with auto parts - the Chor Bazaar captures the spirit of India like no other place.
www.chorbizarrerestaurant.com /delhi.asp   (89 words)

  
 Mumbai aka Bombay, Mumbai Tourism and Things to Do - IgoUgo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Chor Bazaar: A Wonderful Trove of Treasures, But Be Careful.
Chor Bazaar Chor Bazaar literally means a thieves' bazaar.
The local myth has it that this is the place where people came to sell their stolen goods.
www.igougo.com /planning/journal.asp?JournalID=41577   (648 words)

  
 CLIA - Cruise Line International Association
Chor Bazaar, located on Mutton Street, is a huge flea market that will satisfy your urge to find that perfect bargain among the heaps of useless junk!
On the weekends, the Chor Bazaar is especially jammed packed with tourists and locals alike, all searching for great buys on a variety of items.
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www.cruising.org /planyourcruise/wwdest/act_events.cfm?recordID=53   (495 words)

  
 The Little Magazine - Belonging - Merle Almeida
In fact, for the last so many years, the seats of the old chairs that Su now saw on her annual darshan home had been rewoven in plastic twine instead of cane.
But this chair, this beautiful, wonderful chair in Chor Bazaar was done in cane.
It was marred only slightly by a too-dark, too-glossy polish but Su felt she just had to check it out.
www.littlemag.com /belonging/merle.html   (907 words)

  
 Road Signs on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
The first time I ever set foot in the narrow people strewed streets of Mutton Galli, better known to most as Chor Bazaar I had a fever and a protogen induced delirium that one associates with such increased body temperature.
Yesterday I realised that my state mental confusion and fluctuating consciousness was not a side effect of my fever but had merely set in atmospherically in the almost magical entrepreneurial magic that weaves together one of the worlds most enchanting bazaars.
it takes a clever man to walk around chor bazaar with a big SLR, even though it isn't what it used to be.
www.flickr.com /photos/lecercle/74395675   (307 words)

  
 Dongri, Kamatipura, and the Thieves' Bazaar -- ThingsAsian Article
West of Dongri on S.V.P. road was an intersection named Null Bazaar, a case study in Bombay's consistent failure to observe traffic laws or lights.
Just west of Dongri is Chor Bazaar ("thieves' bazaar"), a seemingly endless array of antique and curio shops.
Literally every corner of Chor Bazaar holds some saleable item, or its seller.
www.thingsasian.com /goto_article/article.2103.html   (1316 words)

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